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The big squeeze
12 May 2023
Rental revival
01 January 2024
It is now cheaper to rent than it is to buy an equivalent sized property in all parts of the country. Steve Wilcox reports on the resurgence of private renting
View from the bottom
01 January 2024
A lack of decent and affordable private rented housing is pushing many tenants into slum accommodation, writes Julie Rugg
Taking the strain
01 January 2024
With buy-to-let landlords feeling the pinch of high mortgage rates, tenants are being left in an increasingly precarious position, reports Tony Marshall
Poison pill
01 November 2023
Beware firms claiming to offer a way out of repossession. They are not the panacea for struggling home owners, writes Tony Marshall
End of the line
01 November 2023
People struggling with the rent or mortgage are using high-cost credit cards to cover the gap, write Bill Rashleigh and Tony Marshall
30 years of hurt?
01 September 2023
A generation ago a very different Labour government tried to solve the housing crisis with a green paper. Peter Malpass analyses the results
Root of the problem
01 September 2023
Why is it that 60 years have not been sufficient for the welfare state and progressive taxation to remedy the basic injustices in society? It all comes down to land, argues Fred Harrison
Buy freedom!
01 September 2023
In the past it was those with the money and the land who dictated political reality in the UK, says Kevin Cahill. But what happens now the masses have a stake in the country’s most valuable asset?
On the treadmill
01 July 2023
The cost of housing will deny young people the chance of normal family life, says John Bone
